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By Amina Nazarli

Identities of Azerbaijani citizens, who died and were wounded in microbus attack in Mogadishu, Somali have been revealed.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has officially confirmed the identity of the Azerbaijani women who died in a drive-by shooting in Somalia. She is Kamala Ismayilova.

The body of Kamala Ismayilova will be delivered to homeland in the near future, he said, adding that the Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey is in contact with the authorities of Somali.

Ismayilova’s two sons 11-year old Nihad Ismayilov and 10-year old Nijat Ismayilov were hospitalized with serious injuries, according to media reports.

A microbus which was carrying employees to a Turkish hospital was fired from a car by unknown gunmen on March 30. Six people were killed during this attack.

Also, the gunmen opened fire at a school bus. The exact number of victims is still unknown.
But witnesses said at least six people including two Turkish teachers have been shot and killed and six others wounded.

In earlier reports, Somali police sources said that the Somali driver and a translator were killed in the attack while other Turks were injured and taken to hospital.

The killers escaped from the shooting scene. No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting but Al Shabaab carried out similar attacks in the past months.

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